We had booked the 3-bedroom unit number 15 at the end of the camp because it was our 25th wedding anniversary and it was the same price as the 2-bedroom units, but on arrival we found out why. The 2-bedroom units had been upgraded since our last visit and the 3-bedroom units were still old and very “tired”.
After unpacking the kids relaxed in the lounge and minutes later Albert sounded the alarm as there were plenty bees in the lounge and a humming sound coming from the old blocked off chimney.
I then also heard the humming sound and went outside to look at the chimney and bees were flying around it, so there was clearly a hive inside the old chimney.
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I’m not certain how things like this just don’t seem to be picked up by staff in game reserves. I did a better job of blocking the old fire place off and we ignored the humming sound since we were only there for 1 night.
We then all did a walk to the shop, which was a waste from a shopping perspective as they had very limited stock, but it was nice to walk around without fences as it adds a new dimension and feeling.
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When we returned from the camp “shop” I left all the doors open because it was roasting hot in the unit, but seconds later another shrieking alarm sounded and the entire family ran out the house.
“WTF?”
“There’s a blue ball vervet stealing in the kitchen!”
I roared into the kitchen with confidence, but the blue ball showed its teeth at me and charged at the door where I was standing, so I hit the deck while waving my arms in defence and it flew over my head and out the main door. The vervets at Mpila are a problem, so pay attention if you leave doors open.
At around 4pm we decided to do an afternoon drive to at least explore some of the Imfolozi reserve as we hadn’t visited since covid. I didn’t post any rhino pics from our Kruger trip due to the politics around rhino images, but that’s impossible when visiting Imfolozi and we gave up counting at around 20 plus sightings on the afternoon drive, which is more rhino in one 2-hour drive than we spotted in Kruger for 9 days. I won’t mention where we drove within the reserve so that I can post 1 or 2 rhino pics. We also hit a luck with a collared cheetah that was hunting and initially in the road in front of us, but we were slow on the camera draw.
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I remember that a German tourist was murdered outside Numbi gate or on their way to Numbi gate the day before, so I think tensions were high. 
I have deleted the pics from my folder as it ruined our experience when scrolling through our holiday pics, but I think they still on my master backup, will check tonight.
and a more tha nice leopard in tree 
That view from the Biyamiti look out point is always breathtaking and a nice group of buffaloes you saw there 
